The meeting between leaders in New Delhi may prove important. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are discussing a development bank and taking collective foreign policy decisions that challenge American and European hegemony.(more…)

How can successive wars to be lost, and wars continued to be made? The holy warriors of the Jihad were a god send to the calculators in Washington, although it now seems the train pushing this load has now run out of steam.(more…)

Forecasting is a practical business. We are far better off listening to the weather forecast, even if on 18 or 19 days of the year it may be incorrect. With 95% accuracy, taking the umbrella when rain is forecast pays off more often than not.(more…)

As far as I can tell, time and time again, the problem is not the data but it is the political paralysis. Delay in taken effective, concerted global action adds to the problems of climate change.(more…)

So far no explanation has been given for why a US Army Sergeant would attack and kill civilians in Kandahar, Afghanistan. We can expect to be told that he was insane. People usually show symptoms of insanity before the breaking point.(more…)